Gun rack



F'. HUNTER GUN RACK Jung 12, 1951 Filed Feb. 3, 1950 Im'enton F0322? Hufii'er W w J m V '97.

Patented June 12; 195i UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE GUN RAoK Foster Hunter, Baton Rouge, La.

Application February 3, 1950, Serial No. 142,320

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-64) This invention relates to a novel construction of gun rack of extremely simple construction and which is adapted for use for supporting a plurality of rifles or shotguns or other long barreled firearms in a position for storage and display, as for example on a wall.

More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gun rack composed of a minimum of parts which is capable of being economically manufactured and sold yet which will function efiiciently for holding a plurality of guns or rifles in a secure manner.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the gun rack;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the gun rack in its entirety is designated generally 5 and includes a straight substantially flat backing member 6 which may be formed of any suitable material such as a metal, wood, a composition material or a plastic. The backing member 6 is preferably about forty-five inches in length and when embodied in a two gun rack, as illustrated, is preferably about fourteen inches wide. A pair of corresponding hanger members I is secured to the backing member 6 adjacent its upper edge and one adjacent each end thereof, each by a nut and bolt fastening 8 which extends through the backing member 6 and through the spaced ends 9 and III of the hangers I and which ends straddle a portion of the upper part of the backing member 6. The upper portion of each hanger I, which is of two ply, as illustrated in Figure 3, extends upwardly from the upper edge of the backing member 6 and is provided with an opening I I for receiving a hook or other fastening means, not shown, for suspending the backing member 6 on an upright supporting surface such as a wall, not shown.

The gun rack 5 also includes a pair of retaining members l2 each of which is preferably of a length substantially corresponding to the width of the backing member 6. The retaining members I2 may be of any desired shape such as the arrow-shape, as illustrated, and may be formed of any suitable material preferably corresponding to the material of which the backing member 6 is formed. The gun rack 5 also includes three spacing members I3 which are interposed between each retaining member I2 and the backing member 6 and which spacing members are preferably spool shaped and provided with a bore I4 which extends axially therethrough to register with openings l5 in the backing member 6 and openings I6 in the retaining member I2. Bolts I1 extend through the registering bores I I and openings I5 and I6 and are provided at their ends with washers I8 which engage the outer sides of the retaining members I2 and washers I9 which bear against the back side of the backing plate 6 and are held thereagainst by nuts 20 which engage the threaded shank ends of the bolts H. The spacing members l3 may be formed of any suitable material such as wood or plastic and are preferably about two inches in length.

It will be noted that the intermediate spacing member I3 associated with the right hand retaining member I2 is located closer to a contiguous bottom spacing member I3 than to the top spacing member, disposed thereabove whereas the intermediate spacing member I3 of the retaining member I2 which is disposed adjacent the left hand end of the gun rack 5 is located closer to the contiguous top spacing member and above the level of the intermediate right hand spacing member. One rifle or shotgun is adapted to be applied to the rack 5 on the right of Figure 1 to engage between the upper and intermediate spacing members I3 and between the backing member 6 and retaining members l2 and with the gun barrel thereof disposed between the adjacently disposed upper two left hand spacing members and with the receiver portion disposed between the more remotely disposed upper two right hand spacing members I3. A second rifle or shotgun is adapted to be applied to the rack 5 to the left of Figure 1 so that the barrel portion thereof will engage between the lower two adjacently disposed right hand spacing members I3 and with the receiver portion thereof disposed between the lower two, more remotely disposed left hand spacing members. Obviously, the rack 5 could be made larger by increasing the width of the backing member 6 and the length of the retaining members I2 and by providing additional spacing members I3 for supporting more than two rifles or shotguns.

Various other modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A gun rack for supporting a plurality of guns one above the other, consisting of a backing member constituting the supporting element of the rack and having a fiat outer side disposed in substantially a vertical plane, a pair of upright retaining members disposed transversely of the backing member one adjacent each end thereof and spaced outwardly from said outer side, a plurality of spacing members disposed between each retaining member and the backing member, fastenings extending through the retaining members, spacing members and backing member and rigidly connecting the retaining members and spacing members to said backing member for supporting the retaining members and spacing members on the backing member, said spacing members, associated with each of said retaining members, being disposed in spaced relationship one above the other, pairs of spacing members of the 4 two retaining members coacting to support a firearm, and the individual spacing members of each pair of the coacting pairs of said spacing members being spaced difierent distances apart whereby said coacting pairs of spacing members define firearm receiving spaces of difierent sizes for receiving and snugly engaging therein differently sized spaced portions of a firearm.

FOSTER HUNTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 120,879 Drake June 4, 1940 784,601 Taylor Mar. 14, 1905 1,231,316 Watts June 26, 1917 20 1,476,993 McQuinn Dec. 11, 1923 

